All my halyards are run to the cockpit.....

Who the heck has a mast winch anymore?

CM

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
| After making the mooring pendant fast one walks to the mast and cast
| off both the main and jib halyards and both sails fall right down.
|
| Poor Katy would have to drop the main with the jenny slapping her
| across the head and shoulders and then go back to the cockpit to
| roll up the stupid wind up sail. Sooooo lubberly, don't cha know?
|
|
| "The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
| Why?
|
|
| Cheers MC
|
| Simple Simon wrote:
| Of course one must
| have hank-on sails for this procedure to work right so
| that leaves you out, honey.
|
|
|
|

Neal,
We had our 22 on a mooring....had hank-on/hank-off sails....Been there...done that....moved on to bigger and better things,
which is what most successful people do. You just sit there in your little pit of stagnation and pretend you have a life.

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

If it was a shag pile covered ball he would get very excited Kook.

Cheers MC

katysails wrote:

.we carpeted our mooring ball so it doesn't bong on the
side of the boat when there's some wave action.

Because one picks up a mooring at the bow and one
has to walk past the mast to the cockpit in order to
roll up the jenny and then one has to walk forward
again to the mast to drop the main. This is lubberly.

Any real sailor does his sail work at the mast.


"The_navigator©" wrote in message ...
Why couldn't she just let off the genoa sheets roll it up and then drop
the main?

Cheers MC

Simple Simon wrote:
After making the mooring pendant fast one walks to the mast and cast
off both the main and jib halyards and both sails fall right down.

Poor Katy would have to drop the main with the jenny slapping her
across the head and shoulders and then go back to the cockpit to
roll up the stupid wind up sail. Sooooo lubberly, don't cha know?


"The_navigator©" wrote in message ...

Why?


Cheers MC

Simple Simon wrote:
Of course one must

have hank-on sails for this procedure to work right so
that leaves you out, honey.

I know what goes on. I've sailed enough to see it time and
time again. Usually there is a lot of hollering and screaming
going on while the mooring procedure takes place. At least
I gave you credit for being a little better than that.


"katysails" wrote in message ...
Of course it's easy. You stand up on the bow with the
boat hook and pick up the mooring while your husband
does all the helmsmanship required to make it easy for
you.

You have some very odd ideas some times.....

--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

It is unsafe in a rough sea...

Cheers MC

Simple Simon wrote:
All real sailors do their work at the mast. Leading lines
back to the cockpit is one of the more lubberly practices
that has become accepted lately and it's wrong, just plain
wrong and lubberly. It is done in the name of safety and
that's just plain stupid thinking. There is nothing unsafe
about working at the mast to raise and lower both sails.
It's the proper way and has stood the test of time.


"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message ...

All my halyards are run to the cockpit.....

Who the heck has a mast winch anymore?

CM

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
| After making the mooring pendant fast one walks to the mast and cast
| off both the main and jib halyards and both sails fall right down.
|
| Poor Katy would have to drop the main with the jenny slapping her
| across the head and shoulders and then go back to the cockpit to
| roll up the stupid wind up sail. Sooooo lubberly, don't cha know?
|
|
| "The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
| Why?
|
|
| Cheers MC
|
| Simple Simon wrote:
| Of course one must
| have hank-on sails for this procedure to work right so
| that leaves you out, honey.
|
|
|
|

According to Simp, going to the foredeck and back to the cockpit and then to
the mast is too much moving about and lubberly, and not going forward at all is
not enough moving about and is lubberly, but going to the mast and then forward
and back is just right and seamanlike. Apparently, his rigidity in seamanship
makes up for a lack of it elsewhere.

It is unsafe in a rough sea...

Cheers MC

Simple Simon wrote:
All real sailors do their work at the mast. Leading lines
back to the cockpit is one of the more lubberly practices
that has become accepted lately and it's wrong, just plain
wrong and lubberly. It is done in the name of safety and
that's just plain stupid thinking. There is nothing unsafe
about working at the mast to raise and lower both sails.
It's the proper way and has stood the test of time.


"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...

All my halyards are run to the cockpit.....

Who the heck has a mast winch anymore?

CM

"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
| After making the mooring pendant fast one walks to the mast and cast
| off both the main and jib halyards and both sails fall right down.
|
| Poor Katy would have to drop the main with the jenny slapping her
| across the head and shoulders and then go back to the cockpit to
| roll up the stupid wind up sail. Sooooo lubberly, don't cha know?
|
|
| "The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
| Why?
|
|
| Cheers MC
|
| Simple Simon wrote:
| Of course one must
| have hank-on sails for this procedure to work right so
| that leaves you out, honey.
|
|
|
|

According to Simp, going to the foredeck and back to the cockpit and then to
the mast is too much moving about and lubberly,

Skitch, please let us know when you've acquired a boat.

RB

Never
used the winch on the mast?

No reason to....we have a Francespar boom which is fully rigged with all sorts of little goodies...we have a vang and the
appropriate hardware for it (clutches for reefing line, outhaul, topping lift) Have used it for the downhaul a couple of
times......we have two coach top winches that we use for the halyards....main can be set as tight as we want from the ciach top
winch without having to go up and yark at the mast....If your boat was rigged with any type of equipment at all you wouldn't
have to rely on antiquated methods to sail....
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Usually there is a lot of hollering and screaming
going on while the mooring procedure takes place

Like I said...you live in a strange and sad world if that's what you're exposed to all the time...no wonder you're warped.
--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein